Trick-or-Treat!

Yes I believe I am definitely an overachiever by getting my Halloween pics up even before the night is over! This is mostly for my mom to be able to see the pics of the grandboys since she wasn't here. We had so much fun tonight! Heidi and Deakan came over as well as Matt's mom. We got the boys dressed and tried to take a few pictures. It was hot in my house so I decided to take Marshall out into the garage to take some pics. Well the garage is now Marshall's new playground so the pics you see are actually of me running around after him trying to snap a few good shots. Deakan however was the perfect child and stood completely still for his mommy to take pictures.
We headed out into the neighborhood and the boys were a hit. Everyone kept calling their families to come look at them in their costumes. It was really cute. They both did great carrying their little baskets up the door for candy! We rent a cheap apartment in one of the nicest neighborhoods in town and they were giving out full sized candy bars! Way to go Marshall...now that Marshall is in bed Matt and I are about to watch a movie and raid Marshall's treat basket:) It's not actually that mean because he can't have all that candy anyways. Plus it's the only year we'll be able to do this as next year he'll be two and will be fully aware that his candy is his candy!
Hope everyone had fun tonight!

Baby Porter #2!

So here is the vey first viewing of Baby Porter #2! Everything is where is should be, arms, legs and such:)
The little guy (Matt refers to the baby in male form already) was wiggling all over the place during the ultrasound. Even though we've gone through this before it's still so amazing watching that little thing move!
I'm feeling great so I'm really thankful for that! The next update will be in a couple months when we find out if it's a boy or girl!

Pumpkin Carving!

So after our eventful morning at the pumpkin patch and a good nap, Marshall and I attempted to carve his pumpkin! It turned out to be more like me drawing and carving and Marshall playing. Well he did at least help with the scooping!

Don't worry he didn't actually take a bite but it was his first reaction!


This was after he threw the pumpkin on the ground when I handed it to him!

My cheap creations!

I have been searching for the perfect headband and have not been able to find one. So I found a skinny one at Walmart for .96 and decided to cover it! Here are the results of my efforts. It's perfect and it's exactly what I wanted! This is mostly for Michelle who is dying to have a few of these...cute huh?

Pumpkin Patch

So we finally made it to the pumpkin patch! Weekends are really busy for us so we went this morning! I also can't believe how expensive it is to go to these places on the weekend. We thought it would cost $3 for each of us to get in today but we went and they said to just come on in and just pay for your pumpkin in the store! I was thrilled! Our whole pumpkin outing cost us .89 for Marshall's pumpkin! I was very happy to get such a great deal! Anyways we took some great videos but I always forget how to upload them. So I'll have Matt do it later and put them up soon!

We attempted to take a nice family picture but unfortunately Marshall had already seen the giant tractor and would not sit still!

So here's a nice pic of Matt and I:) Marshall is running across the field toward the tractor!

He was hilarious in here! Running from animal to animal saying their respective sounds!

No smiles. He's totally serious when playing on tractors!

The Zoo again!

Every time I have gone to update my blog lately I realize that all our current pictures are on Matt's computer. So today I finally have a few minutes to update!

We are back up at my parents house as Matt is helping my dad finish reside the house. They have been working very hard on getting it done before winter! Marshall has been sleeping for two hours now, although I can't believe he's still asleep since the whole house is shaking. I just made some yummy chocolate chip cookies so the kitchen smells wonderful!

These pics are a little random. My mom and I took Marshall to the Gresham Teddy Bear parade the last time we were here and Marshall loved seeing all the floats but his favorite part was seeing the horses!

Then Matt was gone at a conference for a week so we went up to the zoo the day after he got back for some great family time. It was a beautiful day and it was $2 Tuesday so it only cost us $2 vs. the $11 it would normally cost each of us! Crazy...it actually wasn't that busy so it was a perfect day to go. Since Marshall is getting older and recognizing the different types of animals is was way more fun this time than the last time we went!

Hope all is well...

A very cheesy cheese!
Marshall's favorite thing to do at my parent's house is raid the cupboards...
Matt and Marshall at the carrousel.
Heidi and I needed to go to a store at the mall but it wasn't open yet so we found alternate entertainment:)
Looking at the sheep at the zoo.

Marshall is very into riding horses lately.

So I'll explain the hair. He got yogurt in his hair during breakfast and I washed it out but his hair just stayed like this!

Just like daddy!

Okay I wish this picture would have come out clearer but this was the black bear exhibit and the bear was walking back and forth up to the window. The bear was eye level with Marshall and he was obviously impressed. He actually back away from the window a bit when the bear got close. I would probably do the exact same thing if I were his size:)

More Family Pictures

So we got a bunch more of those family pictures back so I thought I would share them with you! I am so very happy with them!

Enjoy!